She walked me over to the edge of the trailer park. For an odd reason, Jessica stood in her parking lot, waiting for me to return. Her eyes moved from me to Rhonoda, and her cheeks reddened. Rhonoda didn’t seem to notice at first, simply introducing herself to Jessica, but her smile faded from the cold astrosphere. She glanced at me woefully before saying goodbye. When I was a child, I didn’t truly understand, but now looking back, I’ve realized. Her family saw themselves regally over the tenants of the trailer park people, even though they weren’t doing much well. However, Jessica viewed herself notable over everyone, including me. Jessica was obliviously mad, and stated, “She’s black! Why are you playing with her?!” She noticed that I was baffled, and continued, “You can’t be friends with them.” “What do you mean? We were playing hide-and-seek, that’s all.” “You just can’t.” Our next visit, everything was normal yet different. Like the only entity different was I. When I stood in front of a patch of grass where her trailer was, I asked, “Where’s
She walked me over to the edge of the trailer park. For an odd reason, Jessica stood in her parking lot, waiting for me to return. Her eyes moved from me to Rhonoda, and her cheeks reddened. Rhonoda didn’t seem to notice at first, simply introducing herself to Jessica, but her smile faded from the cold astrosphere. She glanced at me woefully before saying goodbye. When I was a child, I didn’t truly understand, but now looking back, I’ve realized. Her family saw themselves regally over the tenants of the trailer park people, even though they weren’t doing much well. However, Jessica viewed herself notable over everyone, including me. Jessica was obliviously mad, and stated, “She’s black! Why are you playing with her?!” She noticed that I was baffled, and continued, “You can’t be friends with them.” “What do you mean? We were playing hide-and-seek, that’s all.” “You just can’t.” Our next visit, everything was normal yet different. Like the only entity different was I. When I stood in front of a patch of grass where her trailer was, I asked, “Where’s